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P r a c t i c e   1
For the following assignment, identify a broad topic, narrow it, and turn it into a question and tentative thesis.
Assignment:
Identify a factor that you believe figures strongly in a child’s personality 
development. Explain how that factor may influence the child.
Broad topic:
Narrowed topic:
Further narrowed topic:
Sufficiently narrowed topic:
Topic turned into a question:
Tentative thesis:

P r a c t i c e   2
Return to one of your brainstorming sheets from Lesson 3 or 4. Use the steps outlined in the four rules for choos-
ing a topic, and write a tentative thesis.
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